FBI Investigating Whether Buffalo Police Accepted Bribes from Tow Truck Operators

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating whether Buffalo police accepted bribes and dished out work to select tow truck operators, the Buffalo News reports. FBI agents searched Jim Mazz Auto Inc. in connection with an city-initiated probe into towing truck contracts. The Buffalo News wrote that other operators are under investigation. Competition between operators…

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Congress Could Restore Lifetime Secret Service Protection for Ex-Presidents

Steve Neavling tickltethewire.com Former U.S. presidents would receive lifetime protection from the Secret Service under a bill that the House is expected to vote on Wednesday, the Washington Times reports. Following the Cold War, about two decades ago, Congress approved legislation to cancel Secret Service protection a decade after presidents leave office. But the House…

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Suspected Serial Killer Photographed Victim’s Body for Ransom, Then Cut Her Up

Steve Neavling Ticklethewire.xom  A self-described serial killer who committed suicide in an Alaskan jail went on vacation for two weeks after he sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman, strangled her and stored her body in a shed, the FBI revealed Tuesday in hopes that new information will help investigators find more victims, the Associated Press reports….

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Arizona Man Charged with Bombing a Government Office Had Ingredients for a Disaster

Steve Neavling ticklthewire.com  An Arizona man charged with trying to blow up a Social Security Administration Office was researching how to build the type of powerful bombs used by terrorists, the Associated Press reports. Abdullatif Ali Aldosary, 47, was charged in federal court Monday with maliciously damaging federal property by means of an explosive and…

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